Do you know - I get help on here a lot of the time, and then you hey presto you get the patronising aside - what may seem a trivial issue to some may be of importance to others! I do appreciate the general manual handling policies on health and safety, and I do in fact as a rule see that this is a very specific issue, but what I also want to do is ensure that the team I am responsible for are as safe as I can make them. The trolley we had and the working practices we followed were inadequate - we have duly altered them. Yes its a typical situation - its human nature to be stupid and overload - I am
(to much disgust) trying to prevent this -myself included!I didnt think there was a specific policy on trollies as much as I wondered if anyone had incorporated their use into a working policy for their service - my bad - I didnt word it particularly well which is clearly a sin on here! For those who have been constructive thanks! I have in fact done as suggested and drawn up something taking into account the weight that shouldnt be exceeded etc and the common sense aspects including reference to health and safety regulations. Its just nice sometimes to bounce ideas off other people!
